Two of Seguin’s Internationals All-Star teams advanced through the brackets and won District 31 championships this week.

Everything was going smoothly at Starcke Park Wednesday night for the Seguin Internationals Juniors baseball team.

It was easy for Lawrence Sampleton to decide where he wanted to host his football camp three years ago.

Opponents of Navarro’s football team will have their work cut out for them stopping the Panthers running attack this fall.

They may have lost their all-everything quarterback to graduation, but the Marion Bulldogs appear to be just fine heading into the 2019 football season this fall.

Texas Lutheran University’s Corinne Priour, a 2019 graduate and a 2018 All-American, has been named a finalist for the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference’s Woman of the Year award.

Trying to keep a bunch of 8-year-olds focused on the game can be a task sometimes.

Texas Lutheran’s Riley Schaefer, an Academic All-American and baseball All-American for the Bulldogs, is a finalist for the 2019 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Man of the Year award.

The runs came fast and furious Wednesday night in New Braunfels.

Starcke Park is the epitome of a parkland-style golf course.

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a multi-part series on the coaches at Seguin, Navarro and Marion high schools. Have a favorite coach? Contact Kevin Duke at sports@seguingazette.com.

“Pepper” or “Roany Pony” may carry Seguin’s Presley Pence to a National High School Rodeo berth.

People tell me all the time that they think I have a really cool job.

Internationals Championship Season

She was “the workhorse of our team” at Navarro High School during the 2019 softball season.

Championship Season

Texas Lutheran junior Tyler Cauley (Mont Belvieu/Barbers Hills) was named to the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings Second Team All-West Region.

All three of our area schools had amazing seasons on the diamond this year.

Editors Note: This is the last in a four-part series wrapping up the 2018-19 athletic years at our four area high schools; Navarro, Marion, Lifegate Christian and Seguin. See the other three year-end wrap-ups online at www.seguingazette.com.

When an athlete is a coach’s kid, his actual coaches may not have to work quite as hard.

TYLER — The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs won the 2019 NCAA Division III Softball Championship Monday afternoon with 12-4 and 6-1 wins over the Emory (Georgia) Eagles at Suddenlink Field and captured a DIII national team championship for the first time in school history.

Seguin’s Mary Lee, a two-time state qualifier in the high jump for the Matadors, got a big intro for her signing ceremony Friday at Seguin High School.

When a team gets this close, it’s different.

TYLER — The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs are a perfect 2-0 after two games at the NCAA Division III Softball Championship Finals after hanging on to defeat Eastern Connecticut State 7-6 Friday night at SuddenLink Field.

Texas Lutheran sophomore Kelly Jurden was named Wednesday to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America Second Team and picked up the NFCA’s Golden Shoe Award for NCAA Division III.

When there are only around 40 kids in your high school, it’s tough sometimes.

It was hot Tuesday night in Dripping Springs for the first pitch in game one of the Navarro, Fredericksburg 4A Region 4 final. 

New athletic director and head football coach Ryne Miller stepped into a great situation at Marion High School when he began his new gig in April of 2018.

MCMINNVILLE, Oregon — The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs won the 2019 NCAA Division III Softball Championship McMinnville, Oregon Super Regional and advanced to the D3 College Softball World Series for the first time in school history with a 5-2 victory Sunday over Linfield (Oregon).

The Trinity Tigers eliminated Texas Lutheran baseball from the NCAA Division III Seguin, Texas Regional with a 10-7 victory over the Bulldogs Saturday afternoon at Katt-Isbel Field.

The Navarro faithful were nervous.

Seguin head coach John Garcia might not have predicted the Lady Mats would have ever gotten this far this year.

Brenda Vargas didn’t start her athletic career as a runner.

In the third inning of Wednesday night’s 4A Region 2 semifinal matchup between Navarro and Boerne, senior Alyssa Hernandez did what she’s been doing all year for the Lady Panthers.

Editor’s Note: This is the first of a four-part series wrapping up the 2018-19 seasons for the four schools in our coverage area; Navarro, Seguin, Marion and Lifegate Christian School.

KYLE — The game of golf is a fickle mistress.

MARSHALL — The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs are NCAA Division III regional champions after a pair of wins Sunday at the Marshall, Texas Regional at East Texas Baptist University.

Seguin senior Trystin Silas has big plans for the next step in his basketball career, playing right up the street for Texas Lutheran University.

Both the Seguin Lady Matadors and Navarro Lady Panthers won their respective regional quarterfinal playoff series over the weekend, leaving them as the last teams in the area standing in the 2019 playoffs.

The last time Yoakum had lost prior to Friday’s 3A Area playoff matchup with Marion — was against Marion.